Bachtiar Effendi

Bachtiar Effendi was an Indonesian film actor and director who also served as a cultural critic. Beginning his film career in 1930, he made several works for Tans Film before joining a drama troupe. After spending ten years in British Malaya, he returned to Indonesia and directed several more films before being sent to Italy as a press attach. He lived in the country for most of the remainder of his life, having found disfavour after supporting the Revolutionary Government of the Republic of Indonesia.

Effendi was the younger brother of Rustam Effendi, a communistsympathising poet born in 1903. Their family was originally from Padang, West Sumatra, although the brothers left Padang for their education. Effendi dropped out of senior high school160 a level of schooling already more than most native children received160 and instead of becoming a law student as his parents intended he became a labourer at Tans Film, working in decor.

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